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...rumor mill in Salt Lake City was abuzz about another, more exotic, possibility. Christensen and Gary Sheets, both Mormon bishops (local church leaders), were involved in publication of a controversial historical document that challenges the authorized version of the origins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1983 Christensen paid a reported $40,000 to Mark Hofmann, 30, a shadowy, highly successful dealer in Mormon documents, for an 1830 manuscript known as the "White Salamander Letter." Written by a disciple of Mormon Founder Joseph Smith, it says Smith's finding of the Book of Mormon came...
...move by Volcker would, of course, leave open the powerful position of Federal Reserve chairman. The rumor mill is already putting forth candidates for the position. One is Secretary of State George Shultz, who has a strong economics background and served as Treasury Secretary under Nixon. Another prospect is Donald Regan, White House chief of staff and former Treasury Secretary. Washington speculation has it that First Mate Nancy Reagan wants the politically maladroit Regan out of the White House. The gossips have taken things from there and now have Regan headed for the Fed. Stay tuned...
Repose is not a part of this picture, of course, and relaxation is mostly a rumor. Holidays usually have some sort of affiliated work benefits--"Sand," says his colleague Komuro, "can turn into an accessory"--and he likes challenges in his recreation as well as his vocation. On a trip last year to the Kutch desert in the Indian state of Gujarat, his car broke down in the middle of a bridge spanning a salt sea. While friends fought off fantasies of sunstroke, dehydration and death in the wilderness, Miyake gazed at the weird water patterns below him, exclaiming, "This...
Brown security services director John Krupevich says that the only two incidents he knows of occurred after the Brown Daily Herald ran an article on Bouldering. Aside from that, he says, he can not confirm that bouldering even exists. Krupevich said however "there is a rumor about a student throwing a grappling hook out his window to climb the two stories to the roof...
...also need to keep alcohol out of the Oval Office. Even though I'm sure the story about President Reagan and Ed Meese calling Gorbachev on the hotline after a night on the town and asking him if his refrigerator was running is just a vicious rumor, it's not worth taking the risk. A breathalizer test before pushing the button is the least...